Traveling through 1942 with space

Chapter 167 Arrangement, Preparation

"Haha! Auntie, there's nothing to be surprised about.

In fact, cooking is a skill that can be mastered by anyone if you know one. Braised pork is much more difficult than spicy soup. Spicy soup is just a snack after all, so how difficult is it? "Hou Xiaoge said confidently.

Although Hu La Tang in this era had not become a national snack like it did in later generations, and had not spread across the country or even the world, but in the eyes of people in the Central Plains, Hu La Tang was a real homesickness.

So when everyone heard that Hou Xiaoge could make Hu La Tang, curiosity and excitement were revealed in their eyes.

My family set up a stall to sell food near the train station, and everyone has seen how good the business of the nearby Huo La Tang stall is.

Except for Erda's family, everyone else believed Hou Xiaoge's confidence when they saw him.

After all, every time Hou Xiaoge said this, he never disappointed anyone.

At the same time, my aunt and uncle also breathed a sigh of relief. They had been thinking about the future of Hou Minyou's family for some time.

But if Houmin wants to join the braised meat business, several families naturally have their own selfish motives and are unwilling to do so. So after thinking about it, there is no good solution.

Now that the dark clouds have parted and the moon is shining, everyone can finally feel relieved.

"Heiwa, are you really going to teach us the recipe for Hu La Tang?" Second Aunt's face flushed with excitement.

"Well! My Erda's legs can't do heavy work anymore, so you guys can do a small business and it will be easier for you.

But we have already agreed that this recipe can only be used in our Hou family and cannot be passed on to others." Hou Xiaoge warned in advance.

"Well! I know this matter clearly. This is a family business, so it will naturally be passed on to my son. How can I pass it on to outsiders, not even my daughter?" Second Aunt assured hastily.

"Forehead!"

Second Aunt's words made Hou Xiaoge so confused and autistic. Even if you don't say it, everyone understands what happened with Chuan'er.

I'm so happy now, but you said you won't even pass it on to your daughter. Isn't this embarrassing? You really don't know how to talk.

Seeing the embarrassed faces of the older sisters nearby, Hou Xiaoge could only save the situation.

"Second Aunt, what you said is both right and wrong.

My daughter is also a member of the family. If it weren't for you women who have given so much to the family over the past year, our big family would have broken up long ago.

I will bring out a few more recipes later. Some of them are shared by everyone in our Hou family, and some of them will be used as dowries for married women in our Hou family.

Sisters, you should stay at home and take good care of your health in the next few years. When you get married in a few years, your family will definitely make you a great family." Hou Xiaoge said to them with a smile.

The status of women these days is really low. When they heard Hou Xiaoge was thinking about them, they all nodded excitedly with red faces.

"Uncle, Erda, and uncle-in-law, as long as our family is united, I believe our lives will get better and better." Hou Xiaoge looked at everyone and said in a loud voice.

"middle!"

After being given a real pua by Hou Xiaoge, everyone's faces flushed with excitement, especially the gentlemen, whose faces turned red.

At this point, Hou Xiaoge made arrangements directly.

"Uncle, I'll give you an order. Tomorrow when you finish setting up the stall, let your uncle and aunt look after the stall, and you can help Erda buy the tools for setting up the stall.

Uncle, please contact the market manager tomorrow and help Erda find a suitable place to set up his stall.

When looking for a place to buy Hu La Tang nearby, make sure there is no place selling Hu La Tang nearby. When we do business, we should not engage in malicious competition. We should make money in a harmonious way.

Brother Erhuan, tomorrow you contact fifty outer disciples of the Yanhuang League. When Erda sets up a stall, treat everyone to free meals for two days for publicity. You know what I mean!

Erda, you should prepare money for your uncle tomorrow. If it’s not enough, I can get you some more.

Second aunt, ask my mother to teach you the seasoning recipe tomorrow morning.

In fact, this spicy soup is best served with pan-fried dumplings, deep-fried dough sticks, and fried cakes. However, your family is short-staffed now, and the costs of those dishes are high, so it’s better to serve it with cakes!

After all these are done, I will teach you how to make Hu La Tang tomorrow at noon.

Once at noon and once at night, you should be able to do it. I will guide you guys when you go out to the stalls these days." Hou Xiaoge made arrangements for everyone.

"middle!"

When everyone heard Hou Xiaoge's arrangements, they all nodded in agreement, saying it was really thoughtful.

The next morning, after everyone set up their stalls, Hou Xiaoge went to the city and purchased a batch of black fungus and day lily at the mountain goods store.

He also spent two dollars to give his boss a task, asking him to ask the mountain people to help him dig some old roots of day lilies.

There are no day lilies in the space, so Hou Xiaoge wants to collect some so that he can plant them later.

What Hou Xiaoge taught Erda’s family was a reduced-flavor version of Hu La Tang that was circulated in Qin Province in later generations. There was no meat, and the main point was to keep the cost to a minimum, otherwise how could cattle and horses afford to eat it!

Reduced spicy soup: kelp, tofu skin, vermicelli, day lily, fungus, gluten, peanuts, cabbage, chopped green onion, etc.

I won’t talk about the seasoning, it’s just a secret recipe.

Because of the war, kelp is really expensive, so Hou Xiaoge just prepares a little bit of it in the soup.

As for fungus and day lily, there are mountains of them in Qin Province, and these things are not valuable.

When making Fang Zheng, we should consider the value of the materials and put more cheap ones and less expensive ones.

However, Hou Xiaoge also taught Erda how to make a high-quality dish by adding beef or pork and using broth as the base soup.

Hou Xiaoge didn’t use any five-spice powder or thirteen-spice powder for seasonings. They didn’t exist in that era.

He directly took out a large bag of spices from the space and let Erda grind them himself at home. When his legs got better, he could go out and buy them himself. He could always find them in pharmacies and grocery stores.

And seasoning is the core of catering. The main problem that is difficult to learn in this era is the recipe.

The chef in the kitchen makes the seasonings for cooking at home, and he pushes his apprentice aside and adds them secretly when cooking.

Therefore, the reason why many restaurant apprentices never become masters after half their lifetime of training is that they do not know how to mix seasonings. They can only cook big pot dishes and randomly add seasonings as long as it is edible.

It’s not like later generations where everything is easy and you can just go and buy it.

In fact, Hu La Tang is easy to make. The most troublesome part is washing the gluten. Once you have learned this, you can just follow the recipe given by Hou Xiaoge for the rest.

"Hei Wa, I didn't expect this spicy soup to have so many ingredients!"

Second Aunt watched Hou Xiaoge pour the prepared seasonings into the pot one by one, and felt it was very interesting, just like preparing medicine.

“There aren’t many tricks. If everyone has learned how to do it themselves, how can we make money?” Hou Xiaoge said with a smile.

At noon, the aroma of pepper filled the air in Hou Minyou's house.

"Heiwa, this spicy and spicy soup looks delicious and authentic. It's much better than the one I had in town before." Second Aunt Li Cuihua is a country girl and naturally has eaten spicy and spicy soup before.

The taste of pepper stimulated the taste buds, and several adults couldn't help swallowing.

"Try both. One of these two pots is the high-end one, which contains meat and broth, and the other is the reduced-end one, which only has vegetarian dishes."